Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17092457
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Reference Number:
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VPH.8.31
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Image Title:
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View of the electric motor, Menston Asylum
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Parent Work Title:
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The West Riding Asylum, Menston, Yorkshire. 1901.
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Creator:
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Unknown
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Date Created:
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1901
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Page/Sheet:
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31
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Image Sequence Number:
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31
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Description:
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View of the electric motor, Menston Asylum. The electric motor or locomotive that ran on the electric railway track at Menston. Two men are visible, one seated and one standing in the cabin of the motor. The power house can be seen behind the motor, with a tall brick tower or chimney protruding skyward.
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Keyword:
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Gelatin Silver Print, Architecture, Landscape, Victorian, Menston, Institutions, Leeds, Bradford, High Royds, Hospitals.
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Language:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Subject:
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Photography--History--20th century
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Asylums
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Subject:
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Psychiatric hospitals
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Subject:
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Medicine--History
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Category of Material:
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Photography
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Technique Used:
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Gelatin silver prints
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: West Yorkshire: Bradford: Menston
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Time Period Covered:
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20th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: West Yorkshire: Bradford: Menston
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Item Height:
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107 mm
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Item Width:
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152 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Dr Thomas O'Conor Donelan, decd. 22nd February 1914, former owner.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliography:
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Notes:
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References have been found to the Hospital under the following names: The Third West Riding County Lunatic Asylum, West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Menston Asylum; It was later named High Royds Hospital. The inscription at the front of the volume is the name 'Dr T O' Conor Donelan, Menston Asylum, Leeds Nov. 19. 1901' Dr O' Conor Donelan, worked at the asylum until 1905.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-09-20
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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